10 things you need to know today: September 3, 2015

Obama clinches enough Senate votes to save the Iran nuclear deal, migrants drown trying to reach Greece, and more

A migrant is detained in Hungary.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petr David Josek))

1. Obama lines up enough votes to seal Iran deal

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) announced Wednesday that she would support the Iran nuclear deal, giving President Obama the 34th and final Senate vote he needed to sustain a veto of a Republican-sponsored resolution rejecting the agreement. House and Senate majorities plan to vote against the deal between Iran and six world powers, which requires Tehran to curb its nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. Congress has until Sept. 17 to act on the deal.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Harold Maass, The Week US

Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.